I sleep with my tennis racquets and use my 12 pack GOAT Tecnifibre bag as a pillow. I have a dog with no dog toys, just tennis balls. When I have a son some day I'm naming him Dennis. Don't get me started on Ping Pong.

I was younger then. My kids sucked the fire out of me. now its just waiting for them to get old enough to grind it out with them on court.

This is a fun thread though and has brought back memories. its got me thinking back to how nutty I was.

oh yeah, I broke my hand after I choked a match away and hit a brick wall...real smart (at least i used my left hand though). So I cut the cast off for the next few tournaments. after the matches i would tape it back on.

i spent a lot of time sleeping in the car at tournaments as money was tight.

Its amazing how hard you compete when you are broke and sleeping in your car.

I was younger then. My kids sucked the fire out of me. now its just waiting for them to get old enough to grind it out with them on court.

This is a fun thread though and has brought back memories. its got me thinking back to how nutty I was.

oh yeah, I broke my hand after I choked a match away and hit a brick wall...real smart (at least i used my left hand though). So I cut the cast off for the next few tournaments. after the matches i would tape it back on.

i spent a lot of time sleeping in the car at tournaments as money was tight.

Its amazing how hard you compete when you are broke and sleeping in your car.

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May be your kids will work harder than you did and beat you to pulp on the court! They have an inspiration right at home.

Makes you wonder how difficult it must be for the top guys to keep working harder and harder and compete when they have all the comforts of a luxury life!

May be your kids will work harder than you did and beat you to pulp on the court! They have an inspiration right at home.

Makes you wonder how difficult it must be for the top guys to keep working harder and harder and compete when they have all the comforts of a luxury life!

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LOL...the way these little magnuts are going they will be in jail or out robbing banks.

My four year old is some semi genius math wiz and my two year old thinks hes braveheart running around destroying the house with his sword and shield. We had to watch a friends dog last week and i think he scared her for life. when hes not doing that hes taking off his clothes and running around naked peeing on the floor.

Like I said....kids take the fire right out of you. There is a reason Hewitt hasnt done a whole lot the last few years.

I was younger then. My kids sucked the fire out of me. now its just waiting for them to get old enough to grind it out with them on court.

This is a fun thread though and has brought back memories. its got me thinking back to how nutty I was.

oh yeah, I broke my hand after I choked a match away and hit a brick wall...real smart (at least i used my left hand though). So I cut the cast off for the next few tournaments. after the matches i would tape it back on.

i spent a lot of time sleeping in the car at tournaments as money was tight.

Its amazing how hard you compete when you are broke and sleeping in your car.

I can pretty much do everything but chose to play with a one hander. The only shot I could never get a handle on is the two handed forehand. thats a tough one. when you have a ball machine there really isnt much you cannot learn in this game if your willing to put in the time. My tennis tutor pretty much went everywhere with me.

i had to learn how to play left handed after i wrecked my elbow from poly. It took a full year to heal.

I can pretty much do everything but chose to play with a one hander. The only shot I could never get a handle on is the two handed forehand. thats a tough one. when you have a ball machine there really isnt much you cannot learn in this game if your willing to put in the time. My tennis tutor pretty much went everywhere with me.

i had to learn how to play left handed after i wrecked my elbow from poly. It took a full year to heal.

hard to say it was a long time ago before everyone was raving about poly. it was under 50. Probably around 45. at the time I was trying to find string that wasnt breaking so fast as i was going through racquets every 45 minutes. It doesnt seem like a big deal but when you have to string 5 frames every day it really starts wearing on you.

before that i was useing 15 gauge kevlar and i never had elbow problems. In fact i never had elbow problems in my life before poly. it probably took a year and a half for it to finally get me.

hard to say it was a long time ago before everyone was raving about poly. it was under 50. Probably around 45. at the time I was trying to find string that wasnt breaking so fast as i was going through racquets every 45 minutes. It doesnt seem like a big deal but when you have to string 5 frames every day it really starts wearing on you.

before that i was useing 15 gauge kevlar and i never had elbow problems. In fact i never had elbow problems in my life before poly. it probably took a year and a half for it to finally get me.

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Thanks for the response. Reason being, I'm using a full bed of lux alu power varying at 60-63 pounds (nearly 5-6 years now).

Although, I hear lots of negative feedback regarding TE with polys, it seems just fine to me thus far. Just to err on the side of caution, I thought I'd ask...

Thanks for the response. Reason being, I'm using a full bed of lux alu power varying at 60-63 pounds (nearly 5-6 years now).

Although, I hear lots of negative feedback regarding TE with polys, it seems just fine to me thus far. Just to err on the side of caution, I thought I'd ask...

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there are a lot of factors that could have led to TE for me...bad poly, playing too much etc. Strength is not one of them and I am pretty injury resistant. It just wasnt worth it to me in the end. I didnt find my shots had anymore power or spin. Nothing real relevant that made a difference anyways in terms of my approach to the game. If anything it took a lot of feel away. I hated volleying and serving with poly. I loved kevlar and will probably go back to it eventually.